Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1935, Page 4

A—4 esxw DEFENSE ATTACKS LADDER THEORIES Seeks to Cast Suspicion of Testimony for State’s Case. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., February 6.— The defense promised today to put the fat packages of Lindbergh ran- som money into the thin hands of the late Isador Fisch, and thereby exonerate Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Fisch's erstwhile business partner, from all guilt in the ransom pay-off transaction. Chief Defense Counsel Edward J. Reilly was out to set up Hauptmann's alibi for his possession of the $14,600 ransom currency which police found cached in his garage after they ar- rested him. It is the German defendant's dog- ged story Fisch left that money in a shoe box at the Hauptmann home, December 2, 1933, a few days before he sailed for Germany, where he died in March, 1934. Hauptmann professed not to have discovered the contents of the shoe box until last August. Hauptmann came into court list- lessly with his guards. He seemed more abstracted than usual, even when he held his usual morning con- versation with his wife. Court convened at 10:01 a.m. Among the prosecution staff, the opinion was expressed the defense might rest today. In that event, it was said, the case would be in the jury’s hands before the week ends. The court room scene assumed its customary appearance with Attorney General David T. Wilentz and his aides at the prosecution table and Reilly, C. Lloyd Fisher and others of the defense staff at their places Lindbergh Present With Friends. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh sat with Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and Col. Henry Breckenridge back of the State table. Justice Trenchard stepped down from the bench, while the defense was preparing to continue its cese, and asked Mrs. Verna Snyder about a slight cold she had contracted Blushing, juror No. 3, assured him she was quite well Reilly called as his first witness Sam Streppone, a young man with a loud voice. He said he was a radio repairman, living in the Bronx. Reilly showed him a photograph. Q. Do you recognize that man? A. I do. Q. Who 18 he? A. Isador Fisch. Streppone testified he kept records ! of all work performed. He told of repairing a radio for Isador Fisch May 10, 1933. | ‘Wilentz questioned the competency | of the repair record | “However, I am not going to ob- ject,” the State prosecutor said. | Streppone said the radlo was brought to his shop by Fisch and left five days while $3 worth of repair| work was performed. Fisch came back | to the shop on a Sunday. Q. Did Fisch have a package? A. Yes. ‘Wilentz objected, but the radio man was allowed to go on. The now dead German furrier, the witness said, left the package about six hours and returned for it. Says Fisch Left Package With Him. Streppone described the package as & shoebox, illustrating the size over the objection of the attorney general. Reilly released him for cross-exam- ination. Wilentz took the witness. Q. You were adjudged insane, were you not? A. Yes, psychosis. Rellly took the witness for redirect examination and asked Streppone if he had not been discharged as cured. The witness answered yes. Wilentz again questioned him. Q. How many times have you been in an institution because of mental disorders? A. I'd make it about five times. Q. Sure it was not eight times? A. I'd say five. Q. At one time didn't you threaten bodily harm to one of the ladies of a charitable organization? A. Yes. Q. And another time you wrote her filthy letters? A. Abusive language, yes, sir. Streppone said he was merely feel- ing “depressed” on the occasions he was in mental institutions, but that doctors called his ailment “maniac depressive psychosis.” This was later corrected in the record of the court to “manic depressive psychosis.” He insisted he was not suffering from any mental ill at the moment. Admits Treatment For Mental Trouble. Wilentz brought from Streppone that he had returned to Bellevue Hospital in July, 1934, for a mental condition. Q. Then you have been in an in- stitution since 19282 A. Yes, sir. Q. You have been in an institution since you fixed the radio? A. Yes, sir. Streppone said he had come to Flemington yesterday with Malcolm ‘Weiss of Reilly’s office. He was excused after Reilly ad- duced that he had been discharged from Bellevue Hospital in July, 1934, after five days. Lieut. Paul Sjostrom, investigator of the State police, was called as the next witness and an argument ensued between Fisher and Wilentz on the ‘whereabouts of the kidnap-ladder. The defense was permitted to ex- amine the ladder last night and Wil- entz indicated it had not been restored to the State's custody. Late last night a State trooper on duty at the court house was instructed by his superiors that no one but Arthur J. Koehler, Federal wood expert, and Detective Lewis J. Bornman of the State police were to be permitted to see the ladder. Police officers were dispatched to bring the ladder, which had been ex- amined a second time by two local business men familiar with lumber. Pictures of Ladder Are Described. The ladder, having been in the coun- ty clerk’s office all night, was brought in. Sjostrom told Fisher he did not bave his photographs or reports on the examination of the ladder in court ‘The defense counsel took the inves- tigator, a fingerprint examiner, through a description of the methods used in taking pictures of parts of the ladder. Fisher tried to show that the photo- graphs did not give a complete view of every part of the ladder and that the parts pictured could not be identi- fied. Q. How many photographs were taken of the ladder? A. 68, Q. Is that all? A, Yes. 1928. Discharged, no p) THE EVEN FEBRUARY 6, 1935. G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, Witnesses Who Seek to. AidA Hg_uap % Q. Does that mean you got only 68 fingerprints? A. There were approximately 125 fingerprints in those photographs. Q. How about palm prints, were there any of those? A, Yes, palm marks. Q. Were they photographed, too? A. They were Q. You didn't find any fingerprints with the State police methods? A. Np Q. But after 13 days, with Dr. Hud- son’s method, some were found? A. Several hundred people handled the ladder between March 1 and the time the silver nitrate process of Dr. Hudson was used. Q. So after 13 days Sergt. Kelly (F. A. Kelly, fingerprint expert) found some? | A. None of value. There were 50 | many. | The investigator said the State po- | lice had examined the ladder imme- diately after arrival at the estate after the crime and found no prints. He said he “understood” the police wore gloves when handling the ladder and | none of their prints appeared. | Fingerprint Method Shown by Hudson. The lieutenant said Dr. Hudson did not process the ladder, but only dem- | onstrated his silver nitrate method to | State troopers, who later employedl it in their hunt for prints. He also | testified he had submitted the ran-| som notes to Hudson for examination. Q. Did you ever advise Dr. Hudson 1,200 fingerprints were taken from | the ladder? A. No, sir, I never did. Q. Or that 1200 pictures were taken? A. No. | The 68 pictures taken of the ladder | were then produced and Fisher brought out the information that | there was no information as to the | exact spot the photos showed. Sjostrom said they were classified merely by the ladder sections from | which they were taken. | Fisher brought out from Sjostrom that only 10 small pictures had been taken of the entire third section of the ladder. The section was the top part and the State's theory is it was not used by the kidnaper to enter the nursery. Q. Now you ran down the identities of those fingerprints you found on the ladder? A. Some. . As far as possible? . As far as possible. . How many were identified? . Eight. Q. Did at any time you identify the fingerprints of this defendant, Rich- ard Hauptmann? A. No. “Take the witness,” said Fisher. Wilentz took up the questioning Q. If this defendant wore gloves his fingerprints wouldn't show? A. No. Q. It's been your experience that | criminals frequently wear gloves? | A. Yes. Fisher intervened to ask: 2 Q. A mother or a nurse putting a baby to bed doesn't wear gloves, in your experience? A. Not in my experience. Many Handled Kidnap Ladder. Wilentz brought out that handling by several persons would probably obliterate original prints, making them worthless. Sjostrom told Fisher that he didn’t know whether the silver nitrate process would “bring back” old prints. He pointed out, when questioned by | Wilentz, that the process was un- known to the State police on March 1, 1982. Many hands had been on the laader, including those of mem-’ bers of Gov. Moore's crime commission | (expert police officials from all parts | of the country), before the silver nitrate process was applied. The witness was excused. Another State trooper, Sergt. Louis Kubler, a fingerprint expert, followed Sjostrum to the stand. Fisher im- mediately began to quiz him on the examination of the ladder for finger- prints. He told of Dr. Hudson’s visit to the Lindbergh estate on March 12 or 14, after the kidnaping. Q. What was he down there for? A. To demonstrate a new process, known as the “silver nitrate process” designed to bring out latent fini prints on wood. Dr. Hudson, Kubler said, demon- strated his process on two other pieces of wood in the basement of the Lindbergh home. One section of the ladder was used later by Dr. Hudson to make a test' in the back yard. i Q. Any prints discovered? ! A. Yes, a few, but they were not | readable. Dr. Hudson left soon after, Kubler said, and he continued the applica- tion of the process, “off and on,” for two weeks. Q. Eventually, you did complete the processing of the ladder. How many prints were found? A. About 125 markings were found. Only about 20 were readable. The witness, responding to Fisher's rapid-fire questions, testified he was the only man who continued the process on the ladder, but other duties had interrupted him several times dur- ing the two weeks. Only 120 Markings Found, He Says. Q. Now sergeant, don't you know one of your superiors wrote Dr. Hud- son that 500 markings were taken from the ladder? A. No, I do not. Q. But you say definitely now that no 500 markings were found? A. Only 120 or 125 markings were found. ¥ Fisher, taking & new tack, asked him what effect silver nitrate had when applied to wood. Kuhbler sald the lumber turned red, but its color could be restored by washing it with & bichloride of mercury solution. Fisher, after asking about the cleaning solution, inquired “it tends completely and permanently to eradi- cate the fingerprints from the lad- der, doesn't it.” (<) “It does.” The young attorney then made much of the fact the ladder prints were destroyed when the silver ni- trate coloring was washed. The witness asserted he did not know that Dr. Hudson had produced 500 prints from the ladder or that 1,200 pictures had been made of it. Kubler told Fisher he had never used Dr. Hudson's process in investi- gation of an actual crime. Fisher sought to recall to him his resort to the process in taking prints from a pick handle in a murder case. “That is not a fact,” Kubler re- plied Wilentz objected that Fisher's ques- tions were “impeaching the witness.” Says Defense Is “Leading Witness.” Justice Trenchard stopped the ques- tions, observing *“you are debating with your witness and leading him.” Fisher asked a few more questions and had the witness say that a man might make a print at one time and uot at another. Q. So a man might carry lumber around, handle it and still not leave aprint? A. It is possible, yes. Wilentz took the witness for a brief cross-examination and elicited the testimony that the silver nitrate was washed from the ladder by Arthur Koehler, wood expert from the United States Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. The purpose of the washing was to prepare the ladder for court. The witness was then excused. Trooper Frank A. Kelly of the State police was called.next to tell of his methods in examining the interior of the Lindbergh nursery for finger- prints. As a State witness, Kelly told of using a black powder method and ! failing to find readable prints. Wilentz objected that the testimony was repetitious, but Justice Trenchard allowed Fisher to proceed with hl.sI questions. A beer stein, Fisher brought out.| was on the nursery window ledge, at one side, when Kelly made his exami- nation of the room. Kelly said the ransom note lay on the ledge not far from the stein. Fisher pursued his questioning un- til Wilentz protested that “this ha:s’ been gone over time and time again. Justice Trenchard curbed him, and he safd he would try to ask questions which had not been answered. He asked if Kelly learned from Dr. Hudson that 1200 photographs had been made of the ladder. Kelly said he did not know. “You Create Confusion” | Justice Tells Fisher. Q. Do you remember discussing the construction of the ladder with Dr.! Hudson? A. I don't recall ever discussing it with Dr. Hudson. Fisher pointed to the upright which the State says came from the Haupt- mann attic. Q. Didn’t you discuss this upright particularly? A. Not that I recall. ‘Wilentz renewed his objections to Fisher's questions as repetitions and was sustained. Fisher said he wanted to clear the confusion with proper answers from the witness. “You create the confusion by these irrelevant remarks of yours,” Justice Trenchard said, addressing Fisher. Fisher then demanded if Kelly had not pointed out there was only one nail hole in the side of the ladder and remarked to Hudson it was very signi- ficang in his mind. - “That is absolutely not the fact, Kelly replied firmly. The State's wood expert, Koehler, and others have testified there were several nail holes in that upright and that they fitted perfectly with the nail holes on the beams in Hauptmann’s attic, where the missing floor board originally laid. Kelly was next asked if he knew a Miss McGill, Dr. Hudson’s secretary, and he replied affirmatively. Fisher then asked for the usual mid-morning recess and the justice granted the re- quest. The mid-morning recess was taken at 11:32 am. Court reconvened at 11:43 am. Fisher Tone Biting In Quiz on Methods. Fisher renewed his questions about the ladder investigations. Q. Did the police make a scale model of the ladder? A. Yes. Q. Did you ever learn that similar ladders were built and used in South Jersey among negro fruit pickers? A. No. Kelly sald he made no effort to learn the age of the lumber or when it was cut. No reports on the point, he added, had come to his attention. Wilentz renewed his protests that txh: testimony hrs;hn sought w“fi through had already been l"ul:hn sat down, showing obvious irritation. His tone became biting as he switched the question again to Kelly’s methods. Wilents, taking the witness, sought Py No. 1—Philip Moses, unemployed taxi driver who testified at the Hauptmann trial yesterday of see- ing four men near St. Raymond's Cemetery on the night the Lind- bergh ransom money was paid. Moses said he was a “pretty fair imitator of Will Rogers” and told autograph seekers he was the “de- fense’s star witness.” No. 2—Mrs. Bertha Hoff and Joseph Tartell. No. 3—Gus Miller, who also testified for Hauptmann No. 4—Mrs. Hans Mueller. No. 5—Mrs. Louise Wollenberg, friend of the Hauptmanns, who testified she attended a party for the late Isidor Fisch at the Hauptmann home on the night of December 2, 1933. She was called in an effort to prove Fisch knew Hauptmann. No. 6—Benjamin Heier, restaurant cashier, who testified he saw a man resembling Fisch jump over a wall in St. Raymond's Cemetery on the night the ransom was paid. —A. P. and Wide World Photos. to demonstrate where the beer stein stcod on the nursery window ledge. | Kelly explained it was in a “recess” | at the side. Wilentz and Fisher, walking to the witness stand together, collided, caus- ing laughter. Wilentz, Fisher and Kelly argued whether the stein protruded from the recess. Fisher produced a newspaper | picture of the window, in which Kelly said the mug appeared to protrude. Wilentz objected to it as an exhibit, because it “was all marked up.” | Justice Trenchard suggested the | picture might be admitted if Kelly | would state that it gave & true repre- | sentation of the scene on the kidnap night Kelly could not be sure and sug- gested that he might “do better” with the original photograph. ‘ Justice Trenchard declined to admit the newspaper picture, ‘Taxi Driver Called, Knew Fisch. The State’s picture of the window. Fisher demonstrated, did not include the side with the stein. Wilentz adduced that the picture was not taken for the Hauptmann | trial. but was a true representation of | the window on the night of the crime Kelly was excused. Oscar John Bruchmann, a young | Reilly. Q. Did you know Isador Fisch? A. Yes, I worked with him. Q. Where? A. At the Knickerbocker Pie Bak- ing Co. Bruchmann said he drove Fisch about, making sales of products. Q. After you stopped working for him, did you see him again? A. I did. Q. When? A. Some time in May, 1933. The husky-voiced witness said he was “hacking” at the time when Fisch came up to his stand one night about 7 o'clock and spoke to him. Wilentz objected to gestimony of conversations between the taxi driver and Fisch. “I want to show that Fisch dis- played goldbacks,” Reilly argued. “I'm forced to disclose what I wish to prove with this witness.” “I want to show that Fisch deliver- ed the shoe box to Hauptmann.” Wilentz objected to Reilly’s remarks as not supported by “a particle of proof in this case.” Q. Did Fisch display anything to you? A. Yes, Q. What was it? Wilentz objected again and he and Reilly walked to the bench to confer on the proposed testimony with the Justice. Must Identify Money. The conference ended and Justice Trenchard called the noon recess at 12:27 pm. At the side-bar conference, Justice Trenchard ruled that the defense must show that the “gold backs” the taxi driver allegedly saw in Fisch’s possession were ransom money or the line of questioning could not be pur- sued. Court reconvened after the noon recess at 1:46 p.m. Bruchmann, the taxi driver, resumed his place in the witness chair. The witness, in response to a ques- tion from Reilly, related how Fisch got in his cab and he drove him to & certain destination. “He took a roll of bills out of his pocket,” the witness said, telling how Fisch left the cab. “He gave me a $5 bill, but I can’t swear whether it was a gold note or not.” The prosecution objected and the answer was stricken. Intended to Show Fisch Had Money. Reilly said “for the purpose of the record” the intention of the question was to show that after April 2, 1932, and to the time that Fisch sailed for Europe he had plenty of money. Wilentz failed to have Reilly’s state- ment excluded from the record, but Justice Trenchard ordered Bruch- mann’s answer to Reilly’s last ques- tion expunged. Bruchmann was excused without further from either side. Mm, New York plumber, the rext witness, in h:\hld gllel told of rating & shop in the Bronx. g.p:lw in 1933 and 193¢ did you have & shop in the Bronx2 A. Yea ) 2 Bronz tax driver, was next called by tmann & Q. Did you work for Mrs. Rauch (Hauptmann's landiady)? since 1931. Q. Were you called to her house in | August, 19347 A. Yes. | Q. Was that the house Hauptmann lived in? A. Yes. Miller said he called at Mrs. Rauch’s home, where he Hauptmanns lived, in August, 1934. Q. When you went there what did you do? A. Mrs. Rauch said there was a leak in the house and would I come up. | _The plumber recited he went to the | Hauptmann apartment, found the de- | fendant and his wife present, and was shown to the closet where there was | |a leak. \ “There's two valves in there, hot and cold,” sald the witness, identify- ing the Hauptmann broom closet. There was water coming down the ocuiside of a vent pipe in the closet, Miller explained. i | Tells of Locating Leak in Attic. He arose by the witness chair, faced | the jury and demonstrated with a ges- | ture the location of the pipe. | The plumber proved to be a very : positive witness. A spare man with | shell-rimmed glasses, he talked in a resounding, vigorous voice. Every once in a while he punctuated his answers | with a sharp ringing, “right” that sounded like a challenge. | Col. Lindbergh smiled faintly as he | listened. “There's & couple of shelves there, |maybe three, I don't know,” he | went on. ‘ The plumber, hand on chin, told of climbing from a chair in the closet through the trap door to the attic and ocating a leak in the roof around the vent pipe. Q. Was it raining that day? A. Right. I had my raincoat on “I seen the water coming down the stack (vent pipe),” Miller went on “I had my candle. I always carry my candle so I can see where I'm going.” The witness told of walking over the { floor boards of the attic in search for | other leaks. Rain, he said, was com- ing in the south window also. (The window is near the sectfon of floor where the State contended Haupt- mann removed a board for use in the ladder.) Q. Did you see any board missing from the floor. A. No. This answer drove at the heart of the evidence by which the State has tried to prove one. ladder upright came from the Hauptmann attic. Q. How long were you up there in the attic? A. Six o1 seven minutes. Q. And you had the natural light from the window and the light of your candle? A. Yes. Q. And you noticed no part of the floor board missing, to the best of your knowledge? A. I did not. Recalis Cellar Boards in 1931 Q. Your best recollection is that you didn’t notice any boards missing in August, 19342 A. No. Q. Did you see any boards in the Rauch cellar? A. Yes, in 1931 Mrs. Rauch. Q. What kind of boards did you see in the cellar? A. They looked like about 5 or 515 inches wide. There were two leaning against the wall. Miller said Mrs. Rauch was the only person who had a key to the cellar, but his remark was stricken from the record at the request of the ajtorney general. Q. Were the boards in Mrs. Rauch's cellar similar to this board (showing Miller the floor board allegedly taken from Hauptmann's attic) ? A. Right. Justice Trenchard interrupted to order standees in the entrance of the gallery to “retire.” The crowd assembled near the door of the small gallery moved out, and the questioning continued. Q. You were called in many times after Novamber, 1931, by Mrs. Rauch? A. Yes. Q. Did you repair the leaky place in the roof, or did you leave m':mls 80 it could be fixed? A. I left material. Reilly turned the witness over to Wilentz. “Was it a clothes closet,” the at- torney general asked referring to the | leaking Hauptmann closet. A. A clothes closet doesn't have shelves. Q. But was it a clothes closet? A. I'd call it more a linen closet. Q. What day of the week? A. Early August. Miller reached for a brown paper his I was called by |922 N. Y. Ave. APPROVED HOTEL CHANGE DELAYED Mayflower Reorganization Plan Is Held Up by Roper’s Transfer. Delay in transfer of deeds of con- veyance and some other legal papers from the old corporation to the new company is the reason the decreed re- organization plan for the Mayflower Hotel is not already in effect, it was learned today. The plan was approved and its adoption recorded by Justice F. Dickinson Letts about 10 days ago. Because the operation of the plan did not go into effect immediately, a speclal Senate committee investigating the hotel financing was able to ask postponement of a final decision on disposition of the property. This postponement, it was said yes- terday by Senator Reynolds, Democrt of North Carolina and chairman the special committee, has been grant- ed by Justice F. Dickinson Letts, who refused to comment on the delay, stating he did not wish to engage in any controversy with the committee. Attorney Paul E. Lesh, representing the First Mortgage Bondholders’ Com- mittee, verified the fact, however, that a delay hac been requested. Lesh said Justice Letts Iinformed him that the Senate committee was going ahead with its hearing and that Senator Reynolds had requested no further action be taken in connection with the bankruptcy proceding until after the committee has completed fts hearing and released its report. Lesh said he readily agreed to abide by this request as a matter of courtesy to the committee. No formal order for a stay has been issued. In view of the fact that the recent court orders approving the reorganiza- tion plan of the first mortgage holders and transferring ownership of the hotel to the new company were final, doubt was expressed whether the committee could properly take any action affect- ing the ultimate compliance with these orders. A. Yes, |~ Miller modified the tone of his | answers. The witness, under the attorney general’s close quizzing, concluded he was not sure all the floor boards ex- tended entirely across the attic. The attorney general turned to the boards in the cellar. What kind of wood? Rough flooring. . Ponderosa pine? . What? . What kind of wood? . Rough flooring about five inches wide. The outspoken plumber said he had never seen the boards again. Wilentz inquired if the plumber had ever notced a radio and rugs in the cellar whers he said he saw the iwo Ppleces of wood. The attorney general switched to the attic. Q What was in the attic? A. I didn't notice Q. How about the radio and th Tugs up there? A. Radio? Naw, I didn't see any. Q. Would you say it wasn't these? A. I didn't look. Offers to Demonstrate Inspection of Attic. Q. Now, you've talked to the De- partment of Justice men? A. Right. go ahead. Q. Did you tell them it would be a good idea to search the drain pipe? A. No. Q. You don’t know anything about the floor boards in the attic? A. What do I want to look at boards for when I'm looking for something else? Miller offered to step down and demonst:ate his inspection of the attic, but was not encouraged. He described a kitchen windew near the closet Q. So you had no trouble seeing what was in the closet? A. No. Wilentz turned the plumber back to Reilly. Reilly took the witness for re-direct that lasted only a few minutes and was devoted to the leak the plumber found in the roof. Q. Where was the hole in the roof? A. It's past center, Q. Past center? A. Right. Reilly returned Miller to Wilentz. Q. The water was coming down in the room? A. Right—the baby's room. ‘The plumber was excused. Reilly then called Theron J. Main | of Warsaw, N. Y, a lanky, bushy- | haired young man. Q. Were you in New York in 1933? | A. Yes. Q. What was the date? A. August 2. The witness said he came into New York by truck. At that time he said he was in the trucking business, but now he was in the automobile ac- cessory business. Youth Says Fisch Had Gold Notes. Main told of bringing a truck to New York, August 2, 1933. He asserted he came from Warsaw, N. Y, yesterday of his own volition to testify and knew mnone of the de- fense counsel or Hauptmann. The truckman told of seeing a man in a New York bank, where he re- ceived money in connection with the shipment he brought from Warsaw, in August, 1933. Main identified a photograph of Isador Fisch as the man he had seen in the bank. Later, the witness said, he saw Fisch again in a nearby restaurant. Fisch tendered a $20 gold note, he said, in payment to a bartender. JE HIGH "OUR PLUMBER’ co-operating with the Federal dministration under the N le free to ask u Na. 8610 We are Housing A tional Housing Act. on BAYERSON s coLumsiA FISCH GOLD NOTE STORY RULED OUT PENDING NEW LINK (Continued Prom First Page.) Kelly was recalled to relate again his failure to find any fingerprints in the Lindbergh nursery or upon the crib from which baby Charles A. Lind- bergh, jr., was stolen. The defense emphasized the absence of nursery fingerprints, and hammered on the point that Mrs. Anne Morrow Lind- bergh. the baby's mother, and Betty Gow, the nurse, had been in the nursery and handled the crib just | prior to the kidnaping. Bam Streppore, a Bronx radio re- | patirman, who achnowledged on cross- examination that he had been in an | institution for a depressive psychosis sald Fisch called for a repaired radio in May, 1933, and left a shoe box | with him for six hours, picking it up | again himself. Fisch Left Box. Hauptmann claimed that Fisch, now dead, left a shoebox with him on De- cember 2, 1933, and that he (Haupt- mann) was unaware that the box con- tained $14,600 in Lindbergh ransom | money. LOAN UNITS GIVEN NEWSPAPER ADS Bank Board Recommends Use to Tell Story to Public. By the Assoclated Press. Newspaper advertising was recom- mended today to Federal savings and loan associations as the best means of laying their plans before tr.e public. The Home Loan Bank Board's rec- ommendation was accompanied by & series of advertisements prepared by expert advertising writers to aid as- sociations which are not equipped to write and prepare advertisements. The advertisements were paid for out of a sum of $650,000 authorized in the amended home loan act for “pro- moting, organizing and developing” savings and loan associations. Hauptmann is accused of kidnaping. murdering and collecting ransom for| baby Charles A. Lindbergh, jr. The $14,600 in ransom money was found cached in his garage in the Bronx after his arrest following the spending | of one of the ransom bills at a gaso- { line station. A week from today, said trial prophets, one of the constables in the Hunterdon County Court House | will climb to the bell tower and pull the bell rope. The verdict will be ready. How Verdict Is Told. ‘This is the traditional way of an- | nouncing in Hunterdon County that | a jury is ready to announce its de- cision. It has been done in so many} cases that no one remembers offhand when the practice started. Hauptmann’s trial will call for no elaborate ceremony, no special con- stable to toll the bell. | Probably Paul Alvater, tall, sandy- | haired deputy, will get the job. He| I rings the bell a minute or so before {10 o'clock every morning, and again ! at the end of the noon recess. Even before that time word will have gone forth that the Hauptmann | jury is deliberating. The eight men and four women will have the whole court room, where they hear the testi- mony, to themselves. They will an- nounce through a deputy that they are ready. The bell then will clang. How the first news will reach those “outside” is not known. The best guess is that scme one will simply shout from the court house to the | | crowd—after, of course, the newspaper | men have sent it flashing over the wires. ‘CONTROLLEI&S PLAN TRIP Department Store Representatives, to Attend Meeting. | | Controllers of local department stores will go to Baltimore tonight to | attend the monthly meecting of the Baltimore Group of Controllers to be | held at 6:30 at the Emerson Hotel. Sol Glass, divisional merchandise manager for Hutzler's Downstairs Store, will speak on “How the Control- ler Can Best Aid His Store to Control | | Merchandise Investment.” | John K. Althaus, controller for Frank R. Jelleff, Inc., will head the| Washington delegation. It is expected | that a large number from this city will attend. Filipinos Admitted by Court. Quintin Paredes, jr, and Modesto | | Flores, secretaries to Commissioner | | Prancisco A. Delgado of the Philippine Islands, were admitted to practice be- fore the District Court of Appeals yes- | terday. Paredes is the son of Speaker Paredes of the Philippine House. . Twenty-six Ads in Series. ‘The series of advprtisements pree pared by the board consists of 26 dif- ferent advertisements adapted for one and two column space. “The advertisements have been ap- proved by experienced savings and loan men,” said a letter written to all associations by George Dock, jr., pub- lic relations adviser for the board. “In writing them we have also had the generous co-operation of two lead« ing advertising agency executives. The advertisements are designed to stimulate the sale of shares, attract prospective borrowers and to create better public understanding of the as- sociations as a business asset to the community, as provided in section 6 of the home owners’ loan act. Good Will Valued Highly. “The Federal savings and loan plan marks a striking improvement in prie vate home finance and the protection of savings. The future growth of any Federal association depends, however, upon the extent to which it enjoys the good will of the people in its com= munity. Since most people are not yet aware of the merits of this new | type of thnft institution, steps should be taken to give them that informa- tion “The supremacy of newspaper ad- vertising in giving the pu the facts about any local product or service is recognized in every field of merchan- dising. Any Federal association which intends to capitalize the advantages which it offers, can safely consider newspaper advertising an efficient way to assist thrifty people in the protec- tion of thefr savings, and to help bor- rowers to secure economical financing for their homes. A small advertise- ment, featuring insurance, brought 600 replies and $14.000 in share subscrip- tions within a week to one association. Follow-ups Suggested. “The initial set of advertisements which we have prepared shouid enable any Federal association profitably to reach its immediate urgent objective of giving the public an accurate pic- ture of the main points common to all Federals. This may later be followed up by advertisements prepared by the individual ascociation, itself, describ- ing the specific features of its own organization, including the convenience of its location, the details of its lend- ing policy. loan rate, experienced man- agement and its latest dividend pay- ment.” - Novena Attended by 1,000. More than 1,000 persons are at- tending the Novena of Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes and St. Barnadette at St. Anthony's Church being con- ducted by Father Peter F. Quinn with masses celebrated at 6:30, 7:30, 8 and 9 o'clock each morning and services at 5:30 and 7:45 every night. The Novena will continue through Monday. A Bank for the IND The Morris Plan Bank offers the INDI1 VIDUAL the facilities of & SAVINGS BANK with the added feature of offering a plan to make loans on a practical b which enables the borrower to liquidate his obli- gation by means of weekly, semi- monthly or monthly deposits. $1,200 $6,000 “Character and Earming Pow, Several Used Washers on sale 20 = HOME IVIDUAL It is wot meces- sary to have had an account at this Bank is order to borrow. Loans are passed within & day or two after filing application—with few exceptions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for amy period of from 3 to 12 months. $100 $500 MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N.-W., Washington, D. C. er Are the Basis of Credit® A WASHING MACHINE Saves Time, Labor , and Money Two-Tub Washer Does Both at Same Time '3+ $1 Weekly Buys JORDAN'S 1239 G St. OF THE CHICKERING